Today’s Orders

A copy of today’s orders list — containing a grant of certiorari in one case — is now available here. Copies of all available certiorari filings in the case are available after the jump.

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Docket:07-1223Case name:Bell v. KellyIssue: Whether 28 U.S.C 2254, the federal habeas provision governing claims adjudicated on the merits in state court, should be applied to claims based on evidence of ineffective assistance of counsel the state court refused to consider.

Aug. 2015

In a conversation with Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard, Justice Samuel Alito reflects upon (among other things) his arrival on the Court, recent First Amendment cases, the themes in his dissent in Obergefell v. Hodges, and his love for baseball.